Ear Protective Coverings During Hair Treatments

ABSTRACT

An ear protective covering fits snugly, includes a pliant body, an interior cavity, and an ear receiving opening providing access to the interior cavity. The ear receiving opening has a peripheral elastic, whereby the ear receiving opening engages an ear of a person wearing the protective covering. The ear protective covering protects one&#39;s ear from contact with chemicals from hair treatment products.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to protective ear coverings for use bypersons when applying hair treatments.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Dying, relaxing, and perming one's hair are time-sensitive processes,with the outcomes of these processes predicted more precisely as theprocesses become more efficient.

Hair treatment products used in these processes contain chemicals thatcan irritate and discolor the skin on contact. These risks increase thelonger the products remain in contact with skin, which furthernecessitates the need for speedy treatment. Therefore, when applyinghair treatment products, one must take care to ensure that exposed skinis protected from contact with these products, and effective methods ofprotection must be applied as efficiently as possible.

Ears are one part of the body particularly susceptible to contact withhair treatment chemicals, and the current methods for protecting theears is to take care to avoid contact when applying hair treatmentproducts or to apply petroleum jelly to the outer edges of the ears inorder to create a barrier between the skin and any contact with theproduct. Furthermore, petroleum jelly leaves a greasy residue that maybe difficult to remove.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

What is required is a method of protection that covers the entire ear toprevent contact with any potentially harmful hair treatment products.This method of protection must be easy to apply and easy to remove aftertreatment application.

The present invention quickly and easily provides coverage with aneasily-removable, protective material that covers the entire ear butdoes not impede precise application of treatment products to thehairline close to the ears.

The current method of using petroleum jelly as a protective barrier forthe ears leaves a greasy residue that can be difficult to remove. Thepresent invention eliminates the problem of any residue remaining afterthe protective covering is removed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These features and other features of the invention will become furtherapparent from the following description in which reference is made tothe appended drawings. The drawings are for illustrative purposes onlyand are not intended in any way to limit the scope of the invention tothe particular embodiment or embodiments shown, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention, a protectivecovering placed on the ear and used by a person applying hair treatment.

FIG. 2 shows a person prior to engaging the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the ear protective coverings illustratedin FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the ear protective covering engaged onthe ear of the person illustrated in FIG. 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The preferred embodiment, an ear protective covering generallyidentified by reference numeral 10, will now be described with referenceto FIGS. 1 through 4.

Structure and Relationship of Parts

Referring to FIG. 3, there is provided an ear protective covering 10that includes a pliant body 9 and a receiving opening 8 for the ear. Thebody 9 is a pliant material that protects the ear from contact with anyhair treatment products. Referring to FIG. 3, ear receiving opening 8has a peripheral elastic 7. Referring to FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, earreceiving opening 8 engages an ear 6 of a person 5 wearing the earprotective covering 10.

Operation

The use of ear protective covering 10 will now be described withreferences to FIGS. 1 through 4. Referring to FIG. 1, ear protectivecovering 10 is intended for use by a person 5 applying a hair treatmentproduct 12 from a treatment product applicator bottle 11 to hair 14 inorder to have treatment applied to hair 13. Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and3, prior to using a hair treatment product 12, person 5 places earprotective covering 10 over their ears 6 by inserting their ears 6through ear receiving opening 8. Peripheral elastic 7 will secure earprotective covering 10 in place on ear 6. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2,once ear protective covering 10 is securely in place, person 5 can applyhair treatment product 12 without the risk of hair treatment product 12coming in contact with ear 6. Ear protective covering 10 completelycovers ear 6. Pliant body 9 shields ear 6 from contact with hairtreatment product 12.

1. An ear protective covering for use during hair treatmentapplications.
 2. An ear protective covering, as defined in claim 1,comprising a pliant body having an ear receiving opening which providesaccess to the interior cavity, envelopes the entire ear, and holdssnugly to the ear.
 3. An ear protective covering as defined in claim 2,wherein the ear receiving opening has a peripheral elastic, whereby theear receiving opening engages an ear of a person wearing the protectivecovering.